The Kerala Story: Intel agencies warn of massive protests in Tamil Nadu over film's release
May 04, 2023, at 02:00 am
Chennai: Intelligence agencies have issued an alert in Tamil Nadu, cautioning that the release of 'The Kerala Story' film may lead to large-scale protests in the state, media reports said.
Patna High Court reserves order on ongoing Bihar caste census
May 04, 2023, at 12:47 am
Patna/IBNS/UNI: The Patna High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the caste-based survey presently being carried out in Bihar.
May 04, 2023, at 12:42 am
New Delhi: India’s top wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who has been protesting along with other prominent wrestlers in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Wednesday said that standing up against a powerful individual who has been misusing his power and position for a long time is challenging, media reported.
Delhi hit-and-run: Man killed as SUV hits scooter, carries rider for 3 km on roof, dumps him on road
May 03, 2023, at 10:12 pm
New Delhi: One person was killed and another critically injured in a shocking case of hit-and-run in Delhi when a speeding SUV hit two men riding on a scooter at the intersection of Kasturba Gandhi Marg and Tolstoy Marg, media reports said
Kashmir: Two militants killed as forces foil infiltration bid in Kupwara
May 03, 2023, at 08:27 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Security forces foiled an infiltration bid by killing two unidentified militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday, Srinagar based defence spokesman said.
Bengal: BJP-sponsored 12-hour bandh in Moyna over death of party activist
May 03, 2023, at 07:10 pm
Moyna/Kolkata/UNI: Tension is palpable at Moyna in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Wednesday in the wake of the BJP-sponsored 12-hour bandh in protest against the alleged kidnapping and subsequent killing of a party Booth Committee president.
Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court declines relief to Balwant Singh Rajoana
May 03, 2023, at 06:51 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court in its verdict on Wednesday refused to grant relief to Babbar Khalsa terrorist, Balwant Singh Rajoana, seeking commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment, but it asked the Centre to take a call in his mercy plea at an appropriate time in future.
Mohd Shami's wife Hasin Jahan moves Supreme Court seeking arrest warrant against him
May 03, 2023, at 06:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of India cricketer Mohammed Shami, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court alleging that a criminal case against the fast bowler has been "erroneously stayed" for the past 4 years.
Kashmir: Wanted drug smuggler arrested in Baramulla, say police
May 03, 2023, at 05:16 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a wanted drug smuggler and recovered contraband substances from his possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
'Will resign if PM Modi or BJP asks me to do so': Brij Bhushan as wrestlers' protest intensifies
May 03, 2023, at 05:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is accused of sexually harassing women athletes, on Wednesday said he would resign only if Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks him to.
Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar to host key G20 meeting soon
May 03, 2023, at 04:07 pm
India will soon host a tourism working group meeting in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city in May, as a part of the several G20 meetings occurring in various regions of the nation.
Operation Kaveri: 3,195 Indians evacuated from Sudan, using 5 naval ships, 13 IAF aircraft
May 03, 2023, at 02:19 pm
New Delhi/Khartoum: India has so far evacuated 3,195 Indians from violence-torn Sudan, ferrying them over 850 km from Khartoum to the Port of Sudan in over 60 buses.
I thank my friend Bill Gates for his words of appreciation on Mann Ki Baat: Narendra Modi
May 03, 2023, at 01:41 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates for his words of appreciation on his monthly radio address "Mann Ki Baat".
May 03, 2023, at 05:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India Tuesday slammed the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for continuing to “regurgitate biased and motivated comments about India” in its annual report and rejected the “misrepresentation of facts”.
ECI warns parties over plummeting level of campaign discourse
May 03, 2023, at 05:13 am
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India, taking serious note of the plummeting level of campaign discourse for the upcoming Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, has issued an advisory to all national and state parties and candidates to exercise caution and restraint in their utterances during campaigning and not to vitiate the election atmosphere.
NIA searches 12 J&K locations over Pak-backed terror conspiracy case
May 03, 2023, at 05:09 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday swooped down on multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir in the Pakistan-backed terrorist conspiracy case, the anti-terror agency said.
May 03, 2023, at 02:42 am
New Delhi: The Centre and the Gujarat government on Tuesday said they will submit the papers regarding the release of the Bilkis Bano rape convicts after which the Supreme Court postponed the hearing to the second week of July, media reports said.
Sharad Pawar will 'rethink' his decision to step down as NCP president: Ajit Pawar
May 03, 2023, at 02:21 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra strongman and four-time chief minister Sharad Pawar, who announced to step down as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has agreed to 'rethink' his decision that left many shocked, his nephew Ajit Pawar told reporters Tuesday evening.
May 03, 2023, at 02:17 am
Mumbai: Cash-strapped carrier Go First airline has decided to stop flights on Wednesday and Thursday. At present, 50 percent of the carrier’s fleet is working in the absence of a supply of spare engines from US firm Pratt & Whitney (P&W), the carrier said in a statement.
May 03, 2023, at 01:33 am
Bengaluru/IBNS/UNI: The Congress poll manifesto, which was released on Tuesday ahead of the Karnataka elections, promises to ban Bajrang Dal and the radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India, arguing that these organisations promote enmity or hatred, among the majority or minority communities.
May 03, 2023, at 12:22 am
Kyiv: Ukraine on Tuesday expressed "regret" after a picture resembling Goddess Kali tweeted by the country's defence ministry elicited outrage on social media.
Tibetan Youth Congress begins month-long march to flag human rights violations in Tibet
May 02, 2023, at 11:01 pm
The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has launched a month-long "Tibet Matters March" from Gangtok (Sikkim) to Tezpur (Assam) recently to bring to the notice of the world the human rights violations in Tibet under China.
SC declines plea seeking immediate hearing to stay release of 'The Kerala Story' film
May 02, 2023, at 10:55 pm
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to immediately hear a plea to stay the release of the controversial movie "The Kerala Story."
Mysterious blast at fuel station triggers panic in Jammu
May 02, 2023, at 10:12 pm
Jammu: A mysterious explosion at a fuel station, believed to be caused by a short circuit in the Narwal area, has caused tremendous panic among the people.
May 02, 2023, at 10:09 pm
Chitradurga (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the history of Congress is of terror and appeasement of terrorists, and it had left Karnataka at the mercy of terrorists, citing how then topmost Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had shed tears over the killings of terrorists in the 2008 Batla House encounter.
NSA Doval in Tehran, calls on President Raisi, FM Amirabdollahian
May 02, 2023, at 09:23 pm
New Delhi/Tehran: India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who is visiting Tehran, called on Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
Sharad Pawar quits as chief of Nationalist Congress Party
May 02, 2023, at 07:38 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra strongman and four time chief minister Sharad Pawar Tuesday announced that he has stepped down as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
BJP audio clips : Not willing to give publicity to those indulging in cheap politics, says Stalin
May 02, 2023, at 07:19 pm
Chennai/UNI: Reacting for the first time on the two audio clips released by BJP Tamil Nadu Unit President K.Annamalai purportedly containing the voice of Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan alleging corruption, Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin today said he did not want to give publicity to those indulging in cheap politics on the issue.
May 02, 2023, at 06:31 pm
Satinderjit Singh ‘Goldy’ Brar, an accused in the murder case of singer Sidhu Moosewala, has been named in the list of Canada's 25 most wanted fugitives, the Canadian High Commission in India said in a media release on Tuesday.
Moosewala murder accused Satinderjit Singh 'Goldy' Brar among Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives
May 02, 2023, at 05:29 pm
Satinderjit Singh ‘Goldy’ Brar, an accused in the murder case of singer Sidhu Moosewala, has been named in the list of Canada's 25 most wanted fugitives, according to the Canadian High Commission in India. Goldy Brar is a key member of a gang run by Lawrence Bishnoi.The BOLO Program in Canada has announced an update to its list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives on May 1, featuring Brar as one of the wanted.